Hang Baiqiu woke up and immediately looked at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan nodded, stood up quickly and said, "Don't move, I'll go out and take a look..."
After that, Chai Yan walked out of the house.
When I came out, I saw that the rain had almost stopped. There was a short, rough-looking man standing outside the yard. He was holding a hare in his hand and was staring at the two horses curiously.
The yellow dog just now had already ran to the man's side, wagging its tail vigorously.
When Chai Yan saw this scene, he understood that this person must be the owner of the house, so he walked towards the strong man.
When the strong man saw Chai Yan coming, he raised his chin and asked unhappily: "Who are you? You just walked into my house. Have you asked me?"
Chai Yan clasped his fists and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, brother, we encountered a heavy rain on the way, and there was no shelter along the way, so we had to take shelter in your house for the time being. I'm sorry!"
The strong man walked into the yard carrying the hare, glanced at Chai Yan, and said, "The rain has stopped, let's go quickly!"
Chai Yan said: "Brother, I...my friend fell from a horse and was injured. It is not convenient for him to travel for the time being. Can I let you stay here to rest for a while?"
As he spoke, Chai Yan took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, handed it over and said, "Brother, please excuse me..."
The strong man's eyes suddenly lit up, he stretched out his hand covered with black mud and grabbed the silver ingot. After looking left and right, he said: "That's it, the weather is not suitable for traveling. It will probably rain heavily later."
, just rest for a while..."
After saying that, the strong man put the silver into his arms.
Chai Yan looked at the sky and saw that the dark clouds had not dispersed much. It might actually rain heavily later.
"Thank you, brother..." Chai Yan said politely: "By the way, you still don't know how to call me brother?"
The strong man had just collected the money, and his face looked much better. He immediately responded: "My name is Chen Bian, what is your name?"
"It turns out it's Brother Chen, I'm Chai Yan." Chai Yan clasped his fists politely.
Chen Bian waved his hand carelessly and said: "Mr. Chai, we country people are not used to this. You can do whatever you want, and I will be comfortable too, hahaha..."
While talking, Chen Bian had already walked to the door of the house. When he opened the door and was about to enter the house, he was suddenly stunned...
Chen Bian stood at the door and was stunned for a while, then turned back to look at Chai Yan and asked in slight surprise: "She...she is your friend?"
Chen Bian originally thought that Chai Yan's friend was a man, but he didn't expect that when he opened the door, he saw a very beautiful woman.
Chai Yan hurriedly walked to the door, looked at Hang Baiqiu, and replied, "Yes."
Hang Baiqiu had a cold face. He just glanced at Chen Bian the moment he opened the door, and then didn't look at him again.
Chen Bian had rarely seen such a beautiful woman, and he felt a little inexplicably restless at the moment. Then he laughed and joked: "Master Chai is so beautiful, so beautiful! Hehehehe..."
"Brother Chen misunderstood, we are not..."
"I know, you don't need to explain to me..."
Chai Yan wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Chen Bian before he finished speaking, with a rather subtle expression in his words.
Chen Bian glanced at Hang Baiqiu in the house. After hesitating for a while, he did not enter the house. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the back of the house with the hare in hand. He said at the same time: "We are guests here. This is the hare I just caught. It's just right."
Please give it a try and wait..."
After saying that, Chen Bian went around to the back of the house. The yellow dog knew that there was something delicious and immediately followed him.
Chai Yan returned to the house, closed the door and prepared to repeat the situation: "His name is Chen Bian..."
"...I heard it all!" Hang Baiqiu interrupted him.
Chai Yan stopped elaborating and said, "Brother Chen said it might rain heavily later, so let's rest a little longer."
"Well..." Hang Baiqiu just stared at the fire in the small stove.
After a pause, Chai Yan asked again: "How is your foot? Is the pain still severe?"
Hang Baiqiu shook his head gently: "It's okay, it's much better..."
Then, the two of them became a little quiet, and neither one knew what to say.
Chai Yan quietly looked at Hang Baiqiu and found that she was in a bad mood. Then he remembered that Hang Baiqiu still had a fever...
Chai Yan thought of something, and suddenly stood up and went out. Hang Baiqiu was startled, raised his head and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Oh, I want to ask Brother Chen if he has any herbs to dispel the cold at home. If you catch a cold in the rain, you'd better take some medicine..."
After Chai Yan finished speaking, he opened the door and went out. Hang Baiqiu stared blankly at the door with a complicated look on his face...
Chai Yan went around to the back of the house, where Chen Bian was killing the hare. The yellow dog thought that Chai Yan was here to steal its food, and immediately started barking "wangwang" again.
"Stop yelling! If you yell again I'll beat you to death!"
Chen Bian cursed, and the yellow dog stopped barking as expected, but its two black eyes were still looking at Chai Yan, for fear that he would steal his food.
"Master Chai, I'll be ready soon..." Chen Bian was disemboweling the hare.
Chai Yan said: "Brother Chen, my friend got caught in the rain and caught a cold on the road. His head is a little hot now, so I want to ask you if there are any herbs that can ward off the cold..."
Chen Bian immediately put down what he was doing, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes, I have some leftover herbs to remove heat!"
Then, Chen Bian led Chai Yan into the house, dug out a packet of herbal medicine from a bamboo basket in the back room, and said, "Here! Drink all the boiled water in this packet, and the medicine will cure your illness immediately!"
Chai Yan was very happy and immediately took the herb and thanked him.
Later, Chen Bian found an old medicine jar for Chai Yan and said: "The weather in the mountains is changeable. Every time I have a headache and a fever, I drink this boiled water, then take a nap, and I'll be fine once I break out in a sweat."
Very good!”
After Chen Bian finished speaking, he left the house with a smile and went back to deal with the hare. As for the work of boiling the medicine, he left it to Chai Yan.
Chai Yan carefully boiled the medicine while adding firewood. Hang Baiqiu watched quietly and felt a lot in his heart.
After a long silence, Hang Baiqiu suddenly asked: "Do you have to spend the night here today?"
Chai Yan looked at her and said worriedly: "You are like this, how can you go on the road? What will I do if you die of illness on the road?"
Hang Baiqiu's heart trembled, and he buried his head and asked, "I...I treated you like that along the way, aren't you angry with me?"
Chai Yan slapped his chest and said, "What are you talking about? A manly man with a broad mind is our standard, okay!"
"Standard configuration?" Hang Baiqiu always heard some strange words from his mouth.
"Sorry, I'm talking about my hometown again..." Chai Yan immediately explained to her the meaning of the standard configuration, and Hang Baiqiu nodded to show that he understood.
Hang Baiqiu changed the topic and asked with concern: "But...if we stay overnight, where should we sleep?"